Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-06
GENERAL M-aRKETs.

ST. LOUIS, MO. March 5;-Flour-Market
and buoyant opened steady and ruled fra,+
late in the session advanced rapidly closirg
2023sc hisher than yesterday. No. 2red cash
sldsl4c; May Sl4GS31zc, closing at S2tsc,
June sS2.0s4i4c, closing at S4lsc: July S2kc.
wheat, clo.ing ssa%c higher Than yes
s sssf 3, Ap5l '6S; 5 Nay 55 o,a.a
mixed, cash, Is &C; March 2S2.c asked; May
29's bid. Corn meal firm at 81 co. Whisky
steady at 81 -. Wool quiet and unchanGed;
medium, 2la26c; coarse braid, l902lc; low
sandy, l3Gl9c; tiue light, lSG25c heavy, 14d2lc.
Provisions ull but strong. Pork SIS %.
Lard s. 35a7 As. Bulk meats, loose lots long
boxed 10 long clear s. ~; short ribs and
short clear IS ST.. Bacon-Long clear, S. 621s a
8 IS short ribs, S. 7jas so; hort clear, SO Goa
10. Hams fru at 81 50dl4 co.
ca. CAGO, ILL March Grading on change
to day was one of msrked excite vent in graial
accompanied by a sharp advance in prices
The advance in wheat began yesterday after
noon when May advanced from 19c;np to 1870,
where the market rested last might The
morning market opened at S05sc, had very few
stops unit 1t had touched Sl2.C. Buyingall the
way up was on very free scale, and the pit
WAS scene OF sharp excitement with the
shorts covering freely. Orders came pouring
In from the outside which material aided the
n arset; from 81 &C the market pounded down
to 81 i4c, but within a half hour II was Tending
W. again, and only stopped when the price had,
touched s2i4r; the market cles ed for
steady and fra markets; olearings FROM
Atlantic ports aggregated $4,000 bushels,
and q liberal decrease in the visible supply f.
expected by o. orators. The boom In corn was
q counterpart of that in wheat. The market
OPP neG &c higher, fell back &c, advanced Ic
under go den and from ehOr g, bus fell back
gain sc under more lib RAJ offerings and
closed &c higher than yesterday, with more
outside order on the market. Receipts fair
and ship ing demand continues moderate.
TherC was active trad" In PROVISIONS, though
few Transactions occurred in ess pork, prices
for which remained steady AMI unclaimed.
Lard opened 507.c higher, foi
lowed by another In royement OF ~
5aiOc, closed steady short rib advanced 56a
800 early, receded ClOsed yesterday fig
Gres. Leading futurcs closed as follows:
whe3t--No. >, March, 76lsc; May, s2]sc; June,
83'sc; July, SIC. Corn No, ;; March, SIC;
Nav, 45.c; June. 4l25c; July, 43c. Pork
March, $50 80; May 30 90; June, S2l co. lard
NJ arch = 5O May, = Is, June, 81 o., Cash
quotation were as ,llOws: Flo firm nd I'M
changed; No spring wheat, 76ii G7y No. ,
corn, = d3Stsc; pr rk, $50 so; ard s. 90; short
rio siGes. S 4; dry sailed shoulders, boxed,
So 00dC %; short clea5 sides, boxed. S. 65d
n W YORK, Mareh 5-Flour-Fi-rn but not
quntaely higher, with moderate busI'eEs.
wh at spot lhd2c, and options II d2'sc
hig er, closing with reaction / 2. a e. Dur
ivy the day there was consid@rable excitement
On covert G Of shorts; export trading only
moderate, b speculation was very brisk; spot
No red, ?Gi+c, at elevator 9l1zc, in store,
92l4 aS234c f. b., 9234Gg3 II delivered;
March, nominal, April. 92isG BE, closing. 92'sc:
May, % 3 l6e SIC, closed at eS7sc- Corn-Spot
ing steady; sport trading light; speculative
more acrive spot No. 2, sic t elevator, 50 &C
de ivered; March 50}.45Oaic. closing at
5C3&c; April, 5065o'.c, closing al
5llfc; May 50a5O5sc, eli stag at 50'.c. Coffee
Spot, fair; rio, firm and quiet l45.c; ptions,
ST ong, and fairly active, sales $3.50 bags
March, So 7Oal2 50; April, So 706l2 80; May
So 1901. so; June, So 7o6l2 IS: July, So IS
az SO; August, Sl2 75al2 SIS; September, sl2 10
al 80; october, Sl2 S.; November, So s0Gl2 80;
steady; refined steady; extra 421a4 Is Ice
cut loaf and crushed 6ilG6 5-16c; cubes l3- l6
G5zs. Molasses steady and quiet. Rice firm.
Pork firm, fair demand SO 50dl5 IS for old. Cut
eats firm. La 10 to Is points higher and
active; snot 81 6367 671l; March 81 20; April
81 7a67 &c; May 81 1917 50,